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Kahveci, Nihat Gürel – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2015
The use of social media is tremendously increasing trend for personal use. At the same time, social media are penetrating to the educational settings as well. Thus purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service social studies teachers' conceptions on use of social media in social studies education; it is possible implications on social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Use Studies, Mass Media Use, Teaching Methods
Tamir, Yuli – Theory and Research in Education, 2015
This article argues that in divided societies, civic education fails to fulfill one of its most important social role: creating a more inclusive society that allows a democratic dialogue to flow across different ideological, religious, and cultural communities. This failure is grounded in two main reasons. First, civics teachers are socially and…
Descriptors: Civics, Social Studies, Politics of Education, Social Influences
Yoko, Satoko – UNESCO Bangkok, 2015
This report provides an understanding of how transversal competencies are viewed, implemented, and adapted in education policy and curriculum across the Asia-Pacific region. The publication consolidates the results of ten country studies carried out in 2013-2014 in ten countries and economies of the Asia-Pacific region, including: Australia; China…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Competence, Curriculum Development
Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
This paper evaluates a 20-item assessment of citizenship literacy in an adult sample comprising 179 persons of English-speaking and non-English speaking background. The results indicated that the assessment was internally consistent and that as expected it distinguished English-speaking from non-English speaking participants. The pattern of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Non English Speaking, Ability, Citizenship Education
Tereshchenko, Antonina – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
This article builds upon the literature examining the relationship of contemporary youth with politics and youth civic participation through a study exploring youth citizenship in post-socialist Ukraine. Specifically, drawing upon qualitative research undertaken during 2005-2006 with young people (aged 15-18) from two contrasting regions in East…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizen Participation, Youth, Adolescents
DiCamillo, Lorrei; Pace, Judith L. – High School Journal, 2010
The authors extend the literature on multicultural democratic citizenship education (Marri, 2005) with a case study about how a highly esteemed high school teacher involved a heterogeneous group of students in a rigorous, engaging, critical study of U.S. History. Mr. Scott's teaching was noteworthy in its community building, thorough disciplinary…
Descriptors: United States History, Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Young, Justin R. – Carsey Institute, 2012
Among the many notable features of Coos County, New Hampshire, is the region's high level of community engagement and a rich civic culture. Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) surveys by the Carsey Institute have shown that nearly one-fourth of adults in the community report membership in a civic or fraternal organization, and an…
Descriptors: Youth, Community Involvement, Group Membership, Youth Opportunities
Marino, Matthew T.; Hayes, Michael T. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
In this response to Yupanqui Munoz and Charbel El-Hani's paper, "The student with a thousand faces: From the ethics in videogames to becoming a citizen", we examine their critique of videogames in science education. Munoz and El-Hani present a critical analysis of videogames such as "Grand Theft Auto", "Street Fight", "Command and Conquer:…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Science Education, Ethics, Criticism
Bowring, Bill – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
This article attempts a contrast to the contribution by Hugh Starkey. Rather than his account of the inexorable rise of human rights discourse, and of the implementation of human rights standards, human rights are here presented as always and necessarily scandalous and highly contested. First, I explain why the UK has lagged so far behind its…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
Rivoltella, Pier Cesare – Educational Technology, 2012
This article aims to map issues of Media Education currently under debate in Europe. It points out three main research trends. The first one concerns digital natives and their skills in media and technologies. Here we have quite a dialectic situation: on the one hand, a lot of scholars and policymakers are sure that digital natives exist, that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mass Media Use, Models, Researchers
Cantrell, Dustin – Journal of Correctional Education, 2012
Many educators view the process of education as transformative. This transformation is important in all classrooms, but it takes on added importance in prison classrooms. The education that inmates receive in prison can mean the difference between the doorway of freedom with a productive future and the revolving door of recidivism. For many prison…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Correctional Institutions
Lake, Robin; Miller, Cheryl – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
Charter schools provide an intriguing opportunity to rethink the role of public schools in preparing students to become informed and engaged participants in the American political system. As public schools of choice, charter schools are freed from many rules and regulations that can inhibit innovation and improvement. They can readily adopt best…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Extracurricular Activities, Governance, Citizenship Education
Elliott-Gower, Steven; Falk, Dennis R.; Shapiro, Martin – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2012
Educating Globally Competent Citizens, a product of AASCU's American Democracy Project and its Global Engagement Initiative, introduces readers to a set of global challenges facing society based on the Center for Strategic and International Studies' 7 Revolutions. The toolkit is designed to aid faculty in incorporating global challenges into new…
Descriptors: Global Education, Citizenship Education, College Instruction, Case Studies
Oleksiak, Timothy – Composition Studies, 2012
This article explores the relationship between teacher authority and flaming in asynchronous online communication. Teachers who rely on what I call stabilization and universal applicability--two concepts emerging from a liberal democratic theory--may actually be preventing a full and robust understanding of the complexities of 21st-century…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Democracy, Rhetoric, Ideology
Davids, Nuraan; Waghid, Yusef – Perspectives in Education, 2012
Benhabib (2002:134) maintains that, in order for individuals to become democratic citizens they need to be exposed to at least three inter-related elements: collective identity, privileges of membership, and social rights and benefits. Through exposure to these three inter-related items it is hoped that, by means of the teaching and learning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Public Schools